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l 'WATER-PRCOF GARMENT.

, SPECIFICATION ion ning part of Letters Patent No. 376,720, dated January 17,1888,

Application filed October 10, 1887. Serial No. 251,930. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CAROLINE W. MORRI- SON, of Boston, county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Water-Proofs, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to that class of gar- 'ments known as gossamers/ and is espefront of the garment in the line of the weft of the fabric. The lapel, from its position with reference to the armhole, is subjected to unmerous sudden strains, due to the motions of the arms of the'weare'r, and,being loose,is liable to be caught by external objects; and so, also, when the garment is being put on or removed the strain put upon the lapel is transferred to the front of the garment, and the latter is frequently torn across the front, thus disfiguring and rendering the garment practically useless.

The objectof this my inventionis to remedy these defects of construction. I accomplish this by extending the lapel up to the shoulder'seam of the g'arment,or to the collar-seam thereof and securing it at one or both places, as will be described.

Figure l'is an external viewof a gossamer water-proof embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a like view with the lapel turned back; Fig. '3, a section in the line xaashowing the method of attaching the upper end of the lapel to the garment; and Figs. 4 and 5 are modifications of my invention, to-be described.

The front portion, A, of the garment and the armholes 0, only one of which is shown, are of usual construction, the armholes being re-enforced, as at d.

It has been found from experience that the part of the garment, as commonly made, most likely to tear is situated just above the armhole 0,

extending thence around points hand i and up tothe shoul-- From this point the lapelmay be of stitching s is then made,

and I purpose in accordance with my invention to obviate the above defect, by extending the lapel B up to the shoulder-seam,

as at s, or to the collar-seam 6, either or both.

The lapel B,-of the shape shown in Fig. 1, is composed of one or suitablybound at its edges and fastened to the front portion of the garment by one or more rows of stitching, beginning at g, (see Fig. 2,) the bottom of the lapel to the der-seam 8. attached to the garment along the shoulderseam to the point t, its junction with the collar-seam e, along the said collar-seam from t and collar seam.

-- The preferable mode of attachingthe' upper end of the lapel to the garment is clearly shown in section,Fig. 3. The edge of the back piece,

0, of the garment is folded in upon itself,as at m. The front.piece,A,and the two plies formtwo plies of the" material,

l to e and to the front portion of the garment by a seam from c tof, or to both the shoulder ing the lapel B are then laid over the 'foldm,

and the piece 0 is brought overtheir ends, as at n, to the outer side of the lapel. The line after which the piece 0 is turned back upon itself again, as at 0, and the fabric, the stitching 3 alone being visible upon the exterior of the completed garment.

.It will be seen by referring toFig. 3 that the lines is stitched through the whole.

lapel B is thus attached to five thicknesses of a I thetmaterial, forming a very, strong and durable fastening, which will not give way under being borne by that portion of the garment best adapted to resist them.

When attached to the shoulder-seam alone;

as hereinbefore described, the lapel fromit to sudden or considerable strains, such strains attached to the collar-Seam 6, (see Fig. 4,) the portion, A, fromi to the point t and from t to back of the lapel would be stitched to the front 0, as in Fig. 3, the collar-piece taking the place of the back piece, 0. I v r V I do not desire tolimit myself .to the exact construction herein shown,either as to theform 10o of garment, the shape of the lapel, or to the mode of attaching thelapels, equivalent modifications thereof being entirely within the scope of my invention.

I claim 1. As an improved article of manufacture,a gossamer water-proof garment having a front piece, A, provided with an armhole, combined with a lapel secured at its upper portion above the armhole in or to a seam of the garmen t, and at its lower portion to the front piece below the armhole, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture,a 

